In two years, 50m people commuted on the Lahore Orange Line train
On Tuesday, the Lahore Orange Line Train reached the end of its second year of service. Since the project’s commercial inauguration on October 25, 2020, up to 50 million passengers have taken the train. A ceremony was held here on Tuesday by the business in charge of project operation and maintenance, and it was attended […]
The ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations said that China’s modernization efforts serve as a role model and inspiration for developing nations
Recently, in an exclusive interview with China Daily in New York, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, stated: "China’s growth strategy has been successful. It is an economic miracle that more than 700 million people have been lifted out of poverty.” He expressed his sincere congratulations on the productive start of the 20th National […]
FATF announces removal of Pakistan from its ‘grey list’, foreign ministry responds
The regular news conference was held on October 24, 2022, by Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the foreign ministry. Pakistan will be taken off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) "grey list,” according to a public announcement from the group’s just-finished October plenary session. What has China said? Wenbin Wang: China congratulates Pakistan and welcomes Pakistan’s […]
Gwadar enters the world of remote learning
22 October, GWADAR Gwadar, in south Balochistan, becomes the 54th regional center of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), one of Pakistan’s biggest and best remote learning institutions, and so makes its foray into distance learning. After attending the campus’s official ribbon-cutting ceremony with AIOU VC Dr. Zia ul Qayyum, Member of the National Assembly Muhammad […]
Groundwater Export
Pakistan is the third-largest consumer of groundwater after India and the United States, accounting for nearly 9% of worldwide groundwater withdrawals. Due to these massive withdrawals, Iran is now one of the few nations whose groundwater withdrawals are greater than the pace at which aquifers naturally replenish themselves. As a result, the availability of groundwater […]
NSC decides to upgrade the anti-terrorism system
The National Security Committee has resolved to restructure the federal and provincial anti-terrorism systems. The choice was made on Friday in Islamabad during a significant National Security Committee meeting that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over. The group took stock of the nation’s general law-and-order situation and resolved to do all in our power to […]
Untapped export potential for Pakistani phones, electrical goods, and car parts
ISLAMABAD, 13 Oct. In response to the slower economy in light of the flooding, Syed Murtaza Mahmud, the Federal Minister for Industries and Production, said, "Pakistan may become an export hub for car components, mobile phones, and electrical goods.” On May 19, the government enacted an import ban on more than thirty luxury and non-essential […]
For FY 2022–2023, the ECC approves the continuance of RCET for industries with an export focus
ISLAMABAD: For the duration of the current fiscal year, the Regionally Competitive Electricity Tariff for export-oriented industries has been authorised by the Economic Coordination Committee. The decision was made during a Committee meeting in Islamabad, which was presided over by Minister of Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar. The conference determined that from this month’s first […]
Chinese expert delegation travels to Pakistan to conduct catastrophe assessments and provide advice on flood management and disaster mitigation
A Chinese government expert team headed by the Ministry of Emergency Management left for Pakistan on October 11 in order to conduct a catastrophe assessment and provide recommendations for flood mitigation and prevention. Eleven people from several agencies, including the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Emergency Management, make […]
Newly inaugurated Coal Power Plant creating jobs, easing fuel import cost
THARPARKAR: The newly inaugurated coal power plant is illuminating villages, generating employment, and reducing the cost of fuel imports as Pakistan successfully opened its third power plant with a 330MW capacity on indigenous Thar coal. The Thar Energy Limited (TEL) power plant, part of CPEC Block II and finished by Hubco company in the Tharparkar […]